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GENEVA -- Roma hung on to draw 1-1 at Porto in a Champions League playoff first-leg on Wednesday after having defender Thomas Vermaelen sent off before halftime on his debut.Seeking to improve on Italian clubs dire run in the playoff round, Roma began strongly and led in the 21st minute when Porto defender Felipe diverted a cross into his own net.Porto dominated the second half against 10 Roma men but only scored through Andre Silvas penalty in the 61st, awarded for handball against substitute Emerson Palmieri .Monaco won 2-1 at Villarreal in a rare loss for a Spanish team at this stage of the competition, and Celtic beat Champions League newcomer Hapoel Beer Sheva 5-2.Irish minnow Dundalk lost 2-0 to visiting Legia Warsaw, and Ludogorets Razgrad beat Viktoria Plzen 2-0.Return matches are played on Tuesday, and winners advance to the 32-team group-stage draw in Monaco on Aug. 25.Italian clubs have failed in the playoffs for five of the last six seasons, typically leaving Serie A with only two representatives among Europes elite.Roma looked to exploit shaky Porto defending, including one handling error by goalkeeper Iker Casillas that almost gifted Edin Dzeko a goal.When a weak Casillas punch teed up Mohamed Salah, the Spanish veteran saved twice from the Egypt winger and again when the loose ball fell to Roma midfielder Radja Nainggolan.The game turned when Vermaelen was shown a second yellow card in the 41st minute of his first match since moving on loan from Barcelona last week.The Belgium defender struck Andre Silva with a raised boot on the edge of the penalty area with his eyes fixed on a lofted pass and not the Porto forward.Porto thought it had levelled in the 50th but a goal awarded to Adrian Lopez was then disallowed for offside after Dutch referee Bjorn Kuipers consulted with two assistants.Its a positive result, Nainggolan said. We regret not scoring more goals in the first half, when we were on top.While Italy has struggled in the Champions League, Spain would again have five teams in the group-stage draw if Villarreal advances.Monaco led from a third-minute penalty by Fabinho, before another Brazilian, Alexandre Pato, equalized with a close-range header in the 36th. Monaco led for good in the 72nd through Bernardo Silva.Celtic raced to a 3-0 halftime lead against its Israeli visitors, started by Australia midfielder Tom Rogic and capped by a stoppage-time free kick by Leigh Griffiths -- his second goal in just over six minutes.The perennial Scottish champion lost in the playoff round the past two seasons, and was pegged back by two Hapoel goals in three minutes, by Lucio Maranhao and Maor Melikson. 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In this case Blue Jackets forward Brandon Dubinsky elbowed Saku Koivu in the head about a second after he dished off the puck to a teammate, knocking him unconscious.BOSTON -- Blood, sweat and tears stained the deadly 2013 Boston Marathon, so Americas most famous footrace was understandably all about redemption one year later.Now the rightful winner of the 2014 womens race -- Buzunesh Deba -- is finally getting her due.Race organizers formally declared the 29-year-old Ethiopian the 2014 champion on Monday, two months after Kenyan rival Rita Jeptoo was stripped of the title and banned from international competition for four years for doping.Helping to sweeten the bitterness of her ordeal, Deba also was recognized as the current course record-holder. Her blistering finish of 2 hours, 19 minutes, 59 seconds made it the fastest womens race in Bostons 121-year history, besting the previous mark of 2:20:43 set in 2002 by Margaret Okayo of Kenya.I feel great and really happy being named the 2014 Boston Marathon champion, the most prestigious marathon in the world, and I encourage all concerned stakeholders to work on a clean sport, Deba, who lives in New York City with her husband and coach, Worku Beyi, said in a statement.It was a long road to victory for Deba.Her 2014 race in Boston was her fastest over the 26.2-mile span, and it catapulted her to the top of the sport.ddddddddddddut at the time, all the adulation -- to say nothing of the first-prize winnings -- went to Jeptoo, who was credited with the win in the first edition of the Boston Marathon since two bombs planted at the finish line killed three spectators and wounded more than 260 others.The Boston Athletic Association, which organizes the marathon, says its still working to recover the $150,000 prize and $25,000 course record bonus.In October, the Court of Arbitration for Sport doubled Jeptoos initial ban to four years. The 35-year-old tested positive for erythropoietin, a red-blood-cell-boosting hormone, in a September 2014 sample given during training for the Chicago Marathon. Shes since been stripped of the 2014 Chicago title as well.Buzunesh Debas sub-2:20 performance in 2014 was a magnificent achievement, BAA chief executive Tom Grilk said Monday. To emerge victorious in the fastest womens race ever run in Boston was remarkable. We look forward to awarding her the praise she rightfully deserves in 2017.Deba hasnt yet said whether shell race Boston next year. ' ' '